[Scott Hebert]

Well apart from any sort of Siege issue, though, the Genin are quite powerful. Trying it out again (for the summons; very good, thanks!), I started to recruit Genin...

and oh dear, they're good. 25 of them can easily deal with 25 of most independent troops without losing a guy.

The problem they have (and the problem Ashikaga has in general) is everything is so terribly expensive. You're paying through the nose for your researchers, the Genin are expensive, and the Cavalry are expensive as well. About the only thing that isn't expensive are the samurai, and with 10 Prot and no shield, they almost have to be relegated to LI status.

Tied all together, Ashikaga seems almost entirely dependent on their summons... that they're not even guaranteed of being able to summon.

Something that would be really useful would be some unit that could give an area 'Air Shield' effect (like a Shield Wall). I don't think that's moddable, though.

Another thing that I want to try is a Bless strategy with the Yamabushi monks, but they need both more damage and protection from missiles. Maybe you could give them some innate air shield, to sort of symbolize arrow-catching stuff?

I don't know. I just don't see how they're supposed to work.

Potatoman, can you maybe explain to me how you use them, to give me some sort of idea?

Scott